A participatory process for identifying and prioritizing policy-relevant research questions in natural resource management: A case study from the UK forestry sector

Forestry

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 357-367

  Petrokofsky, Gillian ^a   Brown, Nicholas D ^a   Hemery, Gabriel E ^b   Woodward, Steve ^c   Wilson, Edward ^d   Weatherall, Andrew ^e   Stokes, Victoria ^f   Smithers, Richard J ^g   Sangster, Marcus ^h   Russell, Karen ⁱ   Pullin, Andrew S ^j   Price, Colin ^j   Morecroft, Michael ^k   Malins, Mark ^l   Lawrence, Anna ^f   Kirby, Keith J ^k   Godbold, Douglas ^j   Charman, Elisabeth ^m   Boshier, David ^a   Bosbeer, Sasha ⁿ   Arnold, J E Michael ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SYLVA FOUNDATION   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

^f FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^g Woodland Trust   (United Kingdom)

^h FORESTRY COMMISSION   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ 7 8 Melbourne House   (United Kingdom)

^j BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^l University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^m RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Sylvan Consulting Ecologists   (Ireland)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST RESOURCE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PRIORITIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; STAKEHOLDER; WOODLAND;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77957763846     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpq018     Document Type: Article

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